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Armed forces growth -61 [124th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 6,000 [124th of 166]
Armed forces personnel (per capita) 0.309167 per 1,000 people [147th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 1,000,000 constant 1990 US$ [86th of 100]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 0.052 constant 1990 US$ per c [107th of 170]

Branches
Mozambique Armed Defense Forces (FADM): Mozambique Army, Mozambique Navy (Marinha Mocambique, MM), Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM)

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 26 SEP 1996
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI).
expenditure > % of GDP 1.35 % [74th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 2072900000000
Expenditures 0.8 % of GDP [67th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $117,300,000.00 [45th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $19.87 per 1,000 $ of GDP [33rd of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $6.04 per capita [62nd of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 0.8% [78th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Males 4,545,975 [55th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 4,142,450 [57th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 4,335,294 [55th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.223 per capita [154th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 213.451 per 1,000 people [161st of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 2,287,526 [66th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 2,485,197 [57th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 2,373,440 [58th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.128 per capita [139th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 122.298 per 1,000 people [147th of 173]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 259,114 [44th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 12.174 per 1,000 people [13th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 257,261 [47th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 12.087 per 1,000 people [23rd of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 3,793,373 [40th of 164]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.181 per capita [153rd of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 1,751,223 [49th of 161]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.084 per capita [159th of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 185,314 [47th of 157]
personnel 11,000 [128th of 170]
personnel (per capita) 0.556 per 1,000 people [155th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.12 % [157th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation
US military exports $247.00 thousand [78th of 109]
US military exports (per capita) $0.01 thousand per 1,000 peopl [91st of 109]
Weapon holdings 397,000 [87th of 137]
Weapon holdings (per capita) 20,456.5 per 1 million people [96th of 137]

SOURCES
calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique, Republica de Mocambique, Mocambique
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